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A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that a bill to prohibit the shackling of women during childbirth in prison not be passed. The private member's bill, introduced by independent senator Lidia Tho...
Vanuatu has condemned what has been described as a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" from a pro-French, New Caledonian lawmaker of France's national assembly.
Note: this report includes references to child abuse and details readers may find distressing. A man found guilty of raping a four-year-old girl after luring her away with a watermelon will spend at l...
The Pacific cannot be a "sacrifice zone" for the impacts of climate change, Indigenous leaders have told political leaders and dignitaries at a climate summit in Fiji.
There must be an examination into what the Commonwealth is doing around First Nations child removals, Senator Lidia Thorpe says, as she calls for a parliamentary inquiry.
Kiwi have returned to the hills surrounding Wellington in Aotearoa / New Zealand for the first time in 150 years through a project involving iwi, community members and landowners.
Australia should use its COP31 presidency of negotiations to continue to lead on loss and damage and adaptation finance, starting with our own front line in the Torres Strait.
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the names and images of Indigenous children who have died.
Pasifika environmentalists are taking court action against the Trump administration over its plans to deep-sea mine in American Samoa territorial waters.
Northern Territory businesses claimed $47.5 million through the federal government's Instant Asset Write-Off scheme in the 2024-25 financial year, the government has said, with new data showing more t...
The closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter continues to cause anger, with a protest planned outside the Australian Homelessness Conference set to be held in the city this week.
A decision by a regional New South Wales council to display only the Australian flag in its chambers, weeks after launching a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), has been labelled "shameful and insultin...
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has implored the Northern Territory Government to extend the life of Darwin's largest homelessness facility for at least six more months before it closes this w...